Desmond Martin (9/15/2014) - Athlete Awards - Wayne State University Athletics

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Warrior of the Week

Desmond Martin

Award

Warrior of the Week
Week Of

9/15/2014
Sport

Football
Bio

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Senior captain running back Desmond Martin (Redford, Mich. / Thurston) was named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week after leading the football team to a 41-31 win over #13 Carson-Newman. Martin set career-highs for rushing attempts (30), rushing yards (235) and rushing touchdowns (3) with two of his three scores coming in the decisive fourth quarter as WSU turned a 31-27 deficit into a 41-31 victory. Martin's 30 carries were the first time an opposing tailback rushed that many times against CNU since Northern Colorado's Billy Holmes ran 30 times for 136 yards in the 1996 national title game. His 235 rushing yards were the most allowed by CNU to an opponent since Elon's Bobby Hedrick gained 252 yards on 36 carries on Nov. 17, 1979 (12,720 days, 408 games). In terms of the WSU record book, Martin's 235 rushing yards were the 13th highest total with Joique Bell having seven of the top 12 all-time marks (ranging from 252 to 318). The other five totals were by Toney Davis (326), Randy Holmes (314), A.J. Vaughn (271), Joe Gough (258) and Mike Stankovich (237).

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12/9/2019	Jordan Fox	Women's Swimming & Diving
12/2/2019	Nastassja Chambers	Women's Basketball
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11/25/2019	Taylor Wagner	Volleyball
11/18/2019	Olivia Fike	Volleyball
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11/11/2019	Olivia Fike	Volleyball
11/11/2019	Brailen Neely	Men's Basketball
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10/28/2019	Sabrina Laynes	Women's Tennis
10/28/2019	Ransom Allen	Men's Cross Country
10/21/2019	Kamryn Duffield	Volleyball
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10/14/2019	Linda Liong	Women's Tennis
10/14/2019	Clement Perrier	Men's Fencing
10/7/2019	Jackie Feist	Women's Cross Country